Thursday, September 25, 2014

Seattle!!‏

Hello beloved friends and family!!

I
am finally in Seattle!! I have officially been in Seattle for 48 hours,
and boy how crazy they have been! I left the CCM in Mexico at 2 in the
morning yesterday after a full day of watching all of my best friends
leave to their various missions (triste). And then I got a to Texas and
was able to call my amazing parents!! Oh, it was such a blessing to be
able to hear their voices! Then we jumped on our last flight to Seattle,
and from there we haven't stopped learning, running, and sharing the
gospel.

My two companions are Hermana Hales from Ogden, Utah
and Hermana Norton from Highland, Utah and they are just icredible! It
is a little weird being in a trio, but I have already learned so much
from them and I can just tell that its going to be an amazing first
transfer.

So the very first thing we did as a new
companionship was go out contacting!! It was crazy fun and I got to
testify of the Book of Mormon in Spanish! It is really such a blessing
to be able to speak Spanish. It opens so many doors and really carries
the Spirit with it. I just love it. And I had my first real lesson
yesterday! We went over to an investigators home last night to read from
the Book of Mormon together. This guy, Luis, truly believes that God
loves him and wants him to do whats right. He also believes that the
missionaries were a blessing sent from God to help us do that. And it
was so special to be able to read from the Book of Mormon with him and
feel of his testimony. Now our goal is to help him make it to church :)

Basically,
Seattle is already amazing and I can already tell that I am going to
love it!! Its beautiful, the people are wonderful, and I have the two
best trainers in the world! I don't have a lot of time, but I do want to
share one quick thought that we talked about this morning during our
companionship study. What we talked about was how God will never give us
anything that 1. we dont want, and 2. we arent prepared for. This is a
concept that I learned while in the CCM, but really hit me this morning
concerning my role as a missionary. God is there ready to answer all of
our questions, ready to help us in all things. And He's that way because
He is our loving Father in Heaven. But we have to do our part in order
for us to even understand what He is telling us. So I urge everyone to
really think about that, and do what you can to make changes in our
lives that show that we are putting our trust in God, and also that we
are prepared to make more changes so that He can bless us and give us
all of the amazing things that He has in store, just waiting for us. I
don't know if that made any sense, but I hope it did :)

I send
all of my love, and hope that everything is going well! My P-day is on
Mondays (today was a special exception from my mission president), so
thats when I will be able to check back in with all of you and have some
more time to make sure that my thoughts are coherent :)

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About Me

Hi there, my name is Sierra Brooks. I have been called to serve a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Seattle Washington. I will be teaching the gospel in the Spanish language. I am so excited for this amazing opportunity, and I am excited to share my experiences with all of you!! The Church is true! For more information please visit www.mormon.org